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Arnold tried to put 7200 State workers on furlough--he lost the lawsuit, will have to pay for work NOT done, plus interest and attorneys fees.
He tried to stop nurses from working, the same result. In case after case, California government illegally cut workers and programs--and the deficit grows.
Now the Guv is thinking of closing about 100 parks--another major loser. In fact the Governor KNEW he would lose those fights, and will lose this fight on the parks.
"The state may also be in violation of the California Coastal Act if it blocks public access to beaches. It even might be required by a court to write an time-consuming, costly environmental impact statement to close parks, the memo adds."
""It is likely that state parks would be liable for breach of contract" with the 188 agreements the state has signed with private companies that provide concession services, from restaurants to boat rentals to gift shops in parks, the memo concluded.
Those concessions generated $89 million in gross sales last year.
Further, if people enter closed parks and are injured or start fires, the state "can be held responsible for dangerous conditions," the attorneys added, even if the parkgoers were trespassing.
The memo, which was written earlier this month for state parks director Ruth Coleman and distributed to high-level parks managers, was leaked and obtained by a Sacramento-based environmental group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has posted it on its Web site."
Gosh, we know this is a loser--but as citizens we are forced to pay for the stupidity of our government.
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He tried to stop nurses from working, the same result. In case after case, California government illegally cut workers and programs--and the deficit grows.
Now the Guv is thinking of closing about 100 parks--another major loser. In fact the Governor KNEW he would lose those fights, and will lose this fight on the parks.
"The state may also be in violation of the California Coastal Act if it blocks public access to beaches. It even might be required by a court to write an time-consuming, costly environmental impact statement to close parks, the memo adds."
""It is likely that state parks would be liable for breach of contract" with the 188 agreements the state has signed with private companies that provide concession services, from restaurants to boat rentals to gift shops in parks, the memo concluded.
Those concessions generated $89 million in gross sales last year.
Further, if people enter closed parks and are injured or start fires, the state "can be held responsible for dangerous conditions," the attorneys added, even if the parkgoers were trespassing.
The memo, which was written earlier this month for state parks director Ruth Coleman and distributed to high-level parks managers, was leaked and obtained by a Sacramento-based environmental group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has posted it on its Web site."
Gosh, we know this is a loser--but as citizens we are forced to pay for the stupidity of our government.
More...